Letter from the PS to WSC to The Ecclesiastical Commission, Millbank, London, SW1, on proposed purchase of 42 year lease on 58 Porchester Terrace, stating that the property was in a lamentable state of repair, and that heavy expenditure would be required to make it a "serviceable, comfortable, modernised property", asking about the conditions on the lease and the minimum repair and renovation that the Commission would require [carbon].

Note from WSC to CSC on proposed purchase of 58 Porchester Terrace, and the question of what to do with the London Flat, 11 Morpeth Mansions, concluding "Whatever happens, we must not have Chartwell, the flat and No. 58 on our hands at the same time" [unsigned typescript].

Letter from the PS to CSC to Charles Goodwin, Architect, Edenbridge, Kent, on the garage at 58 Porchester Terrace, which she was considering buying, also on the cottage at Chartwell to by occupied by Maryott Whyte and Mary Churchill [carbon].

Letter from WSC to Nicholl, Manisty &Co., on proposed purchase of 58 Porchester Terrace, London, particularly the importance of making certain that there was no liability to put the house in good order at the end of the 41 year lease, stating that he would do so at the beginning, but not at the end. Claiming that the owners, the Paddington Estate had admitted that at the end of the lease, the house would be so old that it would have practically no value, and that they were on weak grounds in demanding repair clauses in the lease [carbon].

Note from WSC to CSC, on proposal to buy 58 Porchester Terrace, commenting on list of repairs required by the owners, the Paddington Estate, amounting to £1570, commenting that it would be imprudent to commit themselves to large expenditure while they still owned two other properties, that the world was in "such an uncertain state" that they should "secure the utmost freedom possible", assuring her that he had decided nothing, but had merely assembled all of the elements necessary for a decision [unsigned typescript].

Note from WSC to CSC on proposed purchase of 58 Porchester Terrace, and the decision to sell, or close Chartwell by October 1938 [typescript, with manuscript annotations by WSC and CSC "I think this is sound, Clemmie"].

Letter from Nicholl, Manisty &Co., Solicitors, London, to WSC on the proposed purchase of 58 Porchester Terrace, and repairs required by the freeholder, the Paddington Estate, before a new lease could be granted.

Note from WSC to CSC, on proposal to buy 58 Porchester Terrace, commenting on list of repairs required by the owners, the Paddington Estate, amounting to £1570, commenting that it would be imprudent to commit themselves to large expenditure while they still owned two other properties, that the world was in "such an uncertain state" that they should "secure the utmost freedom possible", assuring her that he had decided nothing, but had merely assembled all of the elements necessary for a decision [unsigned typescript].

Letter from WSC to Charles Goodwin, on plans for 58 Porchester Terrace, stating that the wine cellar would need to be converted to a silver safe, and that they would need a housemaid's cupboard on the top floor [carbon].

Letter from Mullett, Booker &Co., Estate Agents, London W2, to WSC,stating that the Paddington Estate were prepared to let 58 Porchester Terrace at £350 a year, and that the Estate might be prepared to make an allowance toward the cost of carrying out the work.